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Date
1963-08-24
Description
Protesters at Grants, Farmville Shopping Center, August 1963. Students carry signs opposing racial segregation, and encouraging shoppers to boycott businesses that support discriminatory practices.
Darwyn White carries a sign that reads "Mr. Grocer: Tell Your Friends, You'll See our Dollars when Segregation Ends!" Protester behind her carries sign reading, "If they don't see money, they'll see the truth. Boycott for Freedom."
Inscription (transcribed from back of photograph)
JDC
Event Location
Grants/Safeway
Corporate Name Subject
W.T. Grant (Firm); Safeway (Firm)
Topical Subject
Civil rights demonstrations -- Virginia -- Farmville; Civil rights movements -- Virginia -- Farmville; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Virginia -- Farmville; African Americans -- Segregation -- Virginia -- Farmville; Student protesters -- Virginia -- Farmville; Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County; Supermarkets -- Virginia -- Farmville
Geographic Subject
Farmville (Va.) -- Race relations; Prince Edward County (Va.) -- Race relations
City/Location
Farmville (Va.); Prince Edward County (Va.)
Genre
black-and-white photographs
Local Genre
photograph
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Farmville 1963 Civil Rights Protests
Source
Protesters at Grants/Safeway, Farmville, Va., August 1963, #031, VCU Libraries Digital Collections. Original image is held in a private collection.
File Name
far217a.jpg